Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

आनर्तः पार्थिवो दाने योजयिष्यति न क्वचित् । युष्माकं पुत्रपौत्रेभ्यो ये दास्यंति च कन्यकाः

Transliteration

ānartaḥ pārthivo dāne yojayiṣyati na kvacit | yuṣmākaṃ putrapautrebhyo ye dāsyaṃti ca kanyakāḥ

Translation

Der König von Ānarta wird niemals jemanden in Angelegenheiten des Schenkens zwingen. Und die Jungfrauen, die euren Söhnen und Enkeln zur Ehe gegeben werden—ihre Familien werden aus freiem Willen handeln, nicht aus Zwang.

Word by Word

• ānartaḥ: Ānarta (the king/one from Ānarta)
• ānartaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; देश/जनपद-नाम

• pārthivaḥ: the king
• pārthivaḥ: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘राजा’ अर्थे

• dāne: in giving/charity
• dāne: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• yojayiṣyati: will engage/appoint (in charity)
• yojayiṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त (causative) धातु-रूप; लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• kvacit: ever/anywhere
• kvacit: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/देशवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb: ever/anywhere)

• yuṣmākam: of you (all)
• yuṣmākam: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• putra-pautrebhyaḥ: to/for (your) sons and grandsons
• putra-pautrebhyaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + pautra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी/चतुर्थी (5th/4th) बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (sons and grandsons)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject of relative clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• dāsyanti: will give
• dāsyanti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• kanyakāḥ: maidens/daughters
• kanyakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Indra (Śakra/Pākaśāsana), inferred from immediate context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarta-maṇḍala (regional frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas addressed as beneficiaries of the assurance

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation about the Ānarta king’s dharma: he will not compel gifts; marriage-giving to brāhmaṇa lineages occurs by free will.

Characters & Entities

• Ānarta
• pārthiva (king)
• putra
• pautra
• kanyakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna and allied rites should be performed without coercion; dharma is upheld through voluntary, sincere giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage leads into the praise of Gayā and śrāddha there, though this verse itself sets ethical context about dāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes the proper dharmic attitude toward dāna (gifting) and social acts like giving a maiden in marriage.